英语释义

1. an aquatic animal —usually used in combination
starfishcuttlefish

2. any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal (see caudal sense 2) fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated
freshwater fish tropical fish

3. the flesh of fish used as food
We're having fish for dinner.

4. a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation)

5. fellow, person
an odd fish

6. sucker sense 5a
felt sorry for the poor fish

7. something that resembles a fish: such as

8. pisces sense 1 also pisces sense 2a

9. torpedo sense 1b
The submarine's fish hit the freighter.

10. a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation
The country boy felt like a fish out of water in the big city.

11. concerns or interests to pursue —usually used with other
can't deal with that problem now; we've got other fish to fry right now

12. one that does not belong to a particular class or category
The movie is neither fish nor fowl—it's not really a comedy, but it's too light-hearted to be called a drama.

13. to attempt to catch fish

14. to seek something by roundabout means
fishing for a compliment

15. to search for something underwater
fish for pearls

16. to engage in a search by groping or feeling
fishing around in her purse for her keys

17. to try to catch fish in

18. to fish with use (something, such as a boat, a net, or bait) in fishing

19. to go fishing for
fish salmon

20. to pull or draw as if fishing
fished the ball from under the car fish wires through a conduit

21. to make a choice between alternatives

22. Hamilton 1808–1893 American statesman

23. a cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes with gills, and usually has fins and scales

24. the meat of a fish eaten as food

25. to catch or try to catch fish

26. to catch or try to catch fish in (a river, stream, etc.)

27. to search for something by feeling to use your hand to try to find something

28. any of a large group of vertebrate animals that live in water, breathe with gills, and usually have fins and scales

29. an animal that lives in water —usually used in combination
starfishshellfish

30. to search for something by or as if by feeling
I fished in my purse for change.

片语

fish out of runing water如鱼离水

a fish out of water离水之鱼；不得其所的人；浑身不自在

like fish out of water像鱼离开了水一样

The fish out of water离开水的鱼

英汉例句

• after having lived in taipei for almost all his life, he is like a fish out of water in new york.

  存他花』， 生人部分的时间住在台湾她区之后，他真的不太适应纽约的新环境，就好像鱼离开了水一般。

• but his passion for anti-establishment causes made him a fish out of water there regardless.

  他的反对行为使他如离水的鱼般不得其所。

• originally the phrase means two fish out of water moisten each other with saliva to keep each other alive temporarily.

  原指离开水的鱼相互吐沫沾湿，以求得暂时的生存。

• as a non-golfer, i felt like a fish out of water at the clubhouse.

  我不会打高尔夫，因而在俱乐部觉得有些格格不入。

• everybody else at the party ended up in the swimming pool. but i was a fish out of water because i can't swim。

  参加聚会的每个人最后都到游泳池去游泳了，我觉得特别别扭，因为我不会游泳。

• 「i met clive at a dinner i hosted for my boss,」 rajna says in a refined eastern european drawl. "he was like a fish out of water and i was concerned, so i got talking with him.

  「我是在为我的老板主持的一次晚宴上见到克雷夫的，」劳伊娜用文雅的东欧语调慢慢地说，“他那时就像一条离了水的鱼，他引起了我的注意，我和他交谈起来。

• it’s completely normal to feel like a fish out of water when you arrive at a new place, not knowing anyone.

  当你初来乍到一个地方，不认识任何人的时候，你会感觉像一条离开水的鱼，这是很正常的。

• with my working-class background i feel like a fish out of water among these people.

  我出身于工人阶级，在这些人中感到很不自在。

• i feel like a fish out of water among those high-society people.

  和那些上流社会的人在一起，我感到很不自在。

• i feel like a fish out of water at the party because i know no one.

  如果章子怡参加六级考试，那她会感觉像是离开水的鱼。

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body身体；主体；大量；团体；主要部分

character印，刻；使具有特征

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duck(Duck)人名；(德、葡、匈)杜克

egg煽动；怂恿

face面对；面向；承认；抹盖

guy嘲弄，取笑

head(Head)人名；(英)黑德

human人；人类

human being人；人类

individual个人，个体

life生活，生存；寿命

man操纵；给…配置人员；使增强勇气；在…就位

mortal凡人的；致死的；终有一死的；不共戴天的

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personage要人；角色；名士

scout搜索，侦察；侦察员；侦察机

slob(Slob)人名；(英)斯洛布

sort分类；协调；交往

soul灵魂；心灵；精神；鬼魂

specimen样品，样本；标本

stiff呆板的；坚硬的；僵硬的；严厉的；拘谨的；稠的；（价格）高昂的；（酒）烈性的

thing事情；东西；事物；情况

wight(Wight)人名；(英)怀特